Fundamental Practice Principles of Veterinary Anesthesia

Comprehensive textbook integrating physiology and anesthesia of multiple species of animals in a unique practical setting

Fundamental Principles of Veterinary Anesthesia is designed specifically for veterinary students, animal health technicians and veterinarians in general practice. The first edition of Fundamental Principles of Veterinary Anesthesia covers the key principles of veterinary anesthesia, encompassing a wide range of species, including dogs, cats, horses, cattle, and pigs, and establishing links between physiology, pharmacology, and clinical practice in healthy and ill patients.

This text serves as a practical guide for students to prepare themselves for clinical work in a private practice setting, and as a rich, practical resource for those in general practice.

This text is ideally used as a complete curriculum aligned resource, and the companion website is designed to decrease the burden of lecturers who need to compile PowerPoint presentations and review questions.

Topics covered in Fundamental Principles of Veterinary Anesthesia include:

• Practical approach to the peri-anesthetic period, from patient assessment, through to preparing for, and successfully completing, an anesthetic event
• Anesthetic drugs available in an academic or private practice, with a focus on commonly used drugs
• Components of the anesthetic machine, gas flow through the machine, how vaporizers work and their functionalities
• Principles and techniques of patient monitoring, with focus on commonly available devices and their applications

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Section I: Fundamental foundational knowledge

Ch 1: Past, present and future of veterinary anesthesia

Ch 2: Pre-anaesthetic patient assessment and preparation

Ch 3: Pain and its approach to assessment and treatment

Ch 4: Injectable and oral drugs

Ch 5: The anaesthetic machine and breathing systems

Ch 6: Inhalation drugs

Ch 7: Monitors and the principles of monitoring

Section II: Fundamental aspects of clinical anesthesia in private practice

Ch 8: Standards of practice for performing veterinary anesthesia

Ch 9: Approach to healthy dog and cat anesthesia and analgesia

Ch 10: Approach to healthy horse anesthesia and analgesia

Ch 11: Approach to healthy small stock, cattle and pig anesthesia and analgesia

Ch 12: Approach to neonates, paediatric and geriatric patients

Ch 13: Approach to a patient in shock

Ch 14: Approach to a patient with cardiac pathology

Ch 15: Approach to a patient with respiratory pathology

Ch 16: Approach to a patient with urogenital or hepatobiliary pathology

Ch 17: Anaesthetic complications and cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Appendix 1: RECOVER CPR algorithms

Appendix 2: RECOVER CPR emergency drug dose charts

Appendix 3: Common drug protocols for dogs and cats

Appendix 4: Common drug protocols for horses

Appendix 5: Common drug protocols for small stock, cattle and pig

Appendix 6: Answers to textbook chapter questions

Index

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